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accession number:	1959.294
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url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1959.294
updated:		2025-03-07 12:09:33.730000

Botanical Extracts: or, Philosophy of Botany: Eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 1769, 1808. Thomas Sutherland (British, 1785–1838), after Berardo Galiani (Italian, 1724–1774), published by Robert John Thornton (British, 1768–1837). Aquatint with engraving; image: 43.1 x 54.5 cm (16 15/16 x 21 7/16 in.); sheet: 49 x 62.7 cm (19 5/16 x 24 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Robert Hays Gries, 1959.294

title:				Eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 1769
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series:				Botanical Extracts: or, Philosophy of Botany
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creation date:			1808
creation date earliest:		1803
creation date latest:		1813
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creditline:			Gift of Robert Hays Gries
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culture:	England, 18th century
technique:	aquatint with engraving
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Aquatint
type:		Print
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CREATORS

* Thomas Sutherland (British, 1785–1838)  - artist

* Berardo Galiani (Italian, 1724–1774)  - artist

* Robert John Thornton (British, 1768–1837)  - publisher

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measurements: Image: 43.1 x 54.5 cm (16 15/16 x 21 7/16 in.); Sheet: 49 x 62.7 cm (19 5/16 x 24 11/16 in.)
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	inscription:	Inscribed, lower left, in margin: Marchese Galiani Pinxt.
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	inscription:	inscribed, lower center, in margin: 1. City of Naples & its Bay. 2.3 Portici e Resina, et Torre del Greco. 4. Bosco Tre Case. 5 Torre dela Nunziata. 6. Cratere col nuovo Monticello. 7. Atrio del Cavallo. 8. Bosco Reale. / ERUPTION OF MOUNT VESUVIUS IN 1769 / LONDON Published by Dr. Thornton The 1st September 1808.
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	inscription:	inscribed, lower right, in margin: Sutherland Sculpsit.
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Imagination in the Age of Reason
	opening date:   2024-09-28T04:00:00
	<i>Imagination in the Age of Reason</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 28, 2024-March 2, 2025).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Robert Hays Gries [1900–1966], Shaker Heights, OH, given to The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: ?–1959
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: December 19, 1959–
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